US report on global terrorism
State Department’s message to Pakistan
The US State Department’s report on terrorism, mandated by and presented to US Congress, focused on Pakistan’s terror financing,...
Following up the Tezgam inferno
Sensitivity missing
That many of the 74 victims of the Tezgam inferno would need DNA identification was necessitated by the horrible way they were...
White Lies
Qeemay walay naan; yes, and he had two the other day. A television anchor swears that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is, in fact,...
The Maulana‘s ultimatum
In the wake of Tezgam inferno
The Tezgam inferno near Liquatpur in southern Punjab on Thursday morning can be termed as one of the...
The unforgettable exhibit
How a political statement got amplified
What is art?
Prehistoric art during the Neolithic age was a commentary on the life of the time, the...
Subversion within
Breeding anarchy, rendering a difficult country ungovernable
Candid Corner
“On the mountains of truth, you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a...
Maulana’s solo flight
Despite opposition parties sharing his objectives
The PPP and the PML-N had made it known before the Azadi March that they would stand by...
Development spending
IMF’s direction a wake-up call
One of the PTI’s first measures, after coming to power, was to restrict the ballooning budget deficit, significantly cutting...
‘Consumer data protection-Are we really safe?’
Big Brother is watching you
By: Arham Atiq
Although he lived in an era when the idea of infringement of privacy had not been conceived,...
Willie Wonka’s chocolate factory revisited
Was the Chocolate factory a contest, a supply chain, marketing or a combined effort?
By: Asad Raza
Wondering if you heard of this somewhere? Yes,...
Container Pros and Cons
Containers should be used positively
By: Muhammad Sohail Ahmed
Is Islamabad a city of containers? Physically, yes, it looks like a city with a large...
Government should get off its high horse
Both sides should avoid confrontation
The Azadi March was the largest protest march in the country’s history that traversed over 1000 kilometres from Karachi...
Rogue element in Afghanistan
Recent talks didn’t take them into account
The Human Rights Watch (HRW), a USA-based advocacy group, has said in a report that CIA-backed paramilitaries...
The man who would be Caliph
Al-Baghdadi headed a military organisation, not a political
AT PENPOINT
By killing Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the USA might well have disposed of the greatest threat...
Fundamental right Vs Section 144
Fundamental rights and public peace sometimes clash
By: Hasan Ejaz Khan
In November 2016, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), now the ruling party of Pakistan, had called...
Indian fake narratives continue unabated
Indian claims are exposed all the time
The Indian Army Chief’s false claim of having destroyed alleged terrorist training camps in Azad Jammu Kashmir...
